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has not had difficulty obtaining financing for expansion and does not foresee any future difficulties in obtaining necessary funding for legitimate purposes. The company has paid a consistently good dividend to the stockholders. The president would like to continue this policy in the future. DEPARTMENT STRUCTURE Fantastic, Inc. has two separate production departments - one for each of the paint types. Since the end products are not distinguishable, the company uses process costing employing a FIFO inventory. Absorption costing is used for all outside reports. All non-direct fixed costs are allocated using various allocation bases as indicated throughout the project. The Company does not use a full ABC costing system; however, it does employee some of the ABC concepts in the budgeting process. The administrative department handles all of the purchasing, accounting, and secretarial duties in a highly efficient manner. The need for separate departments is not necessary at this time. 2005 INFORMATION SUPER STUPENDOUS DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT Number of machines available 26 20 Annual capacity per machine 15,000 gallons 15,000 gallons Annual production capacity 390,000 gallons 300,000 gallons Machine hours available per machine 1,800 hours 1,800 hours Standard machine hour per gallon .12 hour/gallon .12 hour/gallon Standard labor hour per machine hour 1.25 labor hr/mach.hr 1.25 labor hr/mach.hr